Graduation 2019

Its that time of year again when we bid farewell to another great class. We have had many adventures but now its time for you to venture off and put to use the skills that you have acquired over the last 2 years. Good luck to all of you and we look forward to meeting up with you again!

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Waterloo Factory Tours

We took a day this spring to visit Waterloo to watch tractors and engine built. We also went to the tractor museum as well. It was a fun day!!!

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Trevor and JJ 8.1L

Our final engine this year is an 8.1L HPCR engine. Its been around a few years and it ran well again this year!

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Brock and Hunter 8.1L

Here is an 8.1L high pressure common rail engine. We have a OEM controller for these engines but there still is a lot of wires.

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James and Bryan 9.0L

This is the another 9.0L HPCR common rail engine. Lots of pieces!

Cody and Austin 9.0L

Here is another 9.0L Tier 3 engine with multiple controllers.

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Colton and Clay 9.0L

This engine is a 9.0L Tier 3 with 4 valves per cylinder,variable geometry turbocharger (VGT) and high pressure common rail. The controllers are for a 8R tractor so it requires several of them to be communicating to get throttle response.

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Zack and Dane 13.5L

This is a 13.5L from a 9630 tractor but we have the controls for a 9870 combine. This year we added a switch matrix to the cab controller and the ECU. This engine hangs out under the big hoist for a reason.

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TED and Brandon 6.8L Tier 3

TED and Brandon worked on a 6.8L Tier 3 combine engine. This engine is a 4-valve engine and we use windrower controls to make it run.

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Ian and James 6.8L Tier 3

Ian and James rebuilt a 6.8L windrower engine this year. This engine has an ECU, a cab controller and an armrest with many switches wired together to make it run. Here are a couple pics.

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Engine Class 2019

This year for engine class we rebuilt eight engines. We had two 8.1L high pressure common rail engines, two 6.8L Tier 3 engines, three 9.0L Tier 3 engines a a 13.5L Tier 3 engine. We disassemble the engines, clean the parts, measure everything and then put them back together. Once they are assembled we build wiring harnesses and start them up.

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